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      <title>There's Water on the Moon, but Making Use of it Won't be Easy</title>
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      <title>Why the Evidence of Water on the Moon is Bad News</title>
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      <content:encoded><![CDATA[Three independent measurements confirmed the presence of widespread lunar water, but it's not enough to make space exploration easier.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/IeeeSpectrumSpaceFlight/~4/HZXVrH4P5qU" height="1" width="1"/>]]></content:encoded>
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      <title>Russia Reveals Vision for Manned Spaceflight</title>
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      <title>Rocket History</title>
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      <content:encoded><![CDATA[The Von Braun Group in Germany and the U.S.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/IeeeSpectrumSpaceFlight/~4/o9LYXSwEyK8" height="1" width="1"/>]]></content:encoded>
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      <title>Digital wizards bring back NASA's lost moon walk video</title>
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      <content:encoded><![CDATA[NASA erased the historic footage of the first steps on the moon; the folks at Lowry Digital Images are bringing that lost video back to life<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/IeeeSpectrumSpaceFlight/~4/Ze6uS_PNSsY" height="1" width="1"/>]]></content:encoded>
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      <title>Q&amp;A With: Michael D. Griffin, Former NASA Administrator</title>
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      <title>Podcast: Traveling in Space with Richard and Owen Garriott</title>
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      <content:encoded><![CDATA[Garriott the father and Garriott the Son have made outer space a family venture<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/IeeeSpectrumSpaceFlight/~4/gWqKTjJTTNQ" height="1" width="1"/>]]></content:encoded>
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      <title>The Investor's Guide to Space</title>
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      <content:encoded><![CDATA[How to make profits that are out of this world<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/IeeeSpectrumSpaceFlight/~4/EDFuNsXIkHo" height="1" width="1"/>]]></content:encoded>
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      <title>Do We Need to Go to the Moon to Get to Mars?</title>
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      <content:encoded><![CDATA[<a href="http://spectrum.ieee.org/aerospace/space-flight/do-we-need-to-go-to-the-moon-to-get-to-mars"><img border="0" alt="<h4>WE WERE HERE</h4><p>In 1972, Apollo 17's Harrison H. Schmitt, the first geologist in the NASA astronaut corps, showed the American flag.</p>" src="http://spectrum.ieee.org/image/67234"/></a><br/><br/>There's a palpable longing to return to the moon. But does it make sense?<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/IeeeSpectrumSpaceFlight/~4/QStyEtvTGt0" height="1" width="1"/>]]></content:encoded>
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      <title>Mars Is Hard</title>
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      <content:encoded><![CDATA[<a href="http://spectrum.ieee.org/aerospace/space-flight/mars-is-hard"><img border="0" alt="null" src="http://spectrum.ieee.org/image/67117"/></a><br/><br/>Fifty years ago, space experts thought we'd be there by now. Here's why we're not<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/IeeeSpectrumSpaceFlight/~4/lvV3g1LZR-o" height="1" width="1"/>]]></content:encoded>
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      <title>Following Dad's Trajectory</title>
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      <content:encoded><![CDATA[Richard and Owen Garriott are the second family to have visited space<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/IeeeSpectrumSpaceFlight/~4/KcfYJpKF5uQ" height="1" width="1"/>]]></content:encoded>
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      <title>Mars Satellite Spies Signs of Ancient Lakebed on Red Planet</title>
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      <content:encoded><![CDATA[Images from the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter offer glimpse into planet's watery past<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/IeeeSpectrumSpaceFlight/~4/4xSGk6ee2LI" height="1" width="1"/>]]></content:encoded>
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      <title>Space Is Big Business</title>
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      <content:encoded><![CDATA[Of the $257 billion spent on space last year, two-thirds came from the private sector<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/IeeeSpectrumSpaceFlight/~4/ULN5_riPMTw" height="1" width="1"/>]]></content:encoded>
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      <title>The End Of The Cult Of The Astronaut</title>
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      <content:encoded><![CDATA[<a href="http://spectrum.ieee.org/aerospace/space-flight/the-end-of-the-cult-of-the-astronaut"><img border="0" alt="<h4>STAR POWER</h4><p>Apollo 10 commander Thomas P. Stafford and his crew head for the launchpad on 18 May 1969.</p>" src="http://spectrum.ieee.org/image/67750"/></a><br/><br/>How do you justify human spaceflight?<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/IeeeSpectrumSpaceFlight/~4/puSn3BIVyso" height="1" width="1"/>]]></content:encoded>
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      <title>Under the Red Spell</title>
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      <content:encoded><![CDATA[Steve Squyres, the principal scientist in charge of Spirit and Opportunity, explains how he fell in love with Mars and why humans need to go<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/IeeeSpectrumSpaceFlight/~4/ugHO6ivyTU4" height="1" width="1"/>]]></content:encoded>
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      <title>What to Wear on Mars</title>
      <link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/IeeeSpectrumSpaceFlight/~3/2b6XB5cXuXI/what-to-wear-on-mars</link>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[<a href="http://spectrum.ieee.org/aerospace/space-flight/what-to-wear-on-mars"><img border="0" alt="null" src="http://spectrum.ieee.org/image/67887"/></a><br/><br/>Those bulky Apollo-era space suits are so yesterday<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/IeeeSpectrumSpaceFlight/~4/2b6XB5cXuXI" height="1" width="1"/>]]></content:encoded>
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      <title>Developing a Plasma Thruster in Costa Rica</title>
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      <content:encoded><![CDATA[A Plasma rocket might be the propulsion technology that sends humans to Mars<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/IeeeSpectrumSpaceFlight/~4/xp3JPX_SSkE" height="1" width="1"/>]]></content:encoded>
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      <title>Mining the Moon</title>
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      <content:encoded><![CDATA[<a href="http://spectrum.ieee.org/aerospace/space-flight/mining-the-moon"><img border="0" alt="null" src="http://spectrum.ieee.org/image/67500"/></a><br/><br/>How the extraction of lunar hydrogen or ice could fuel humanity's expansion into space<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/IeeeSpectrumSpaceFlight/~4/QfWm9BQZmHk" height="1" width="1"/>]]></content:encoded>
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      <title>Could the Earth Collide with Mars?</title>
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      <content:encoded><![CDATA[A new computer simulation concludes: maybe--but not for a few billion years<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/IeeeSpectrumSpaceFlight/~4/SrsDxq6XiZk" height="1" width="1"/>]]></content:encoded>
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      <title>How to Go to Mars--Right Now!</title>
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      <content:encoded><![CDATA[<a href="http://spectrum.ieee.org/aerospace/space-flight/how-to-go-to-marsright-now"><img border="0" alt="<p>For more details and a closer view, <a href='/06AS_Slide_GoToMars'>see our slide show</a>.</p>" src="http://spectrum.ieee.org/image/67386"/></a><br/><br/>Human exploration of Mars doesn't need to wait for advanced rockets, giant spaceships, or lunar base stations<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/IeeeSpectrumSpaceFlight/~4/gMyF-MX6F4Q" height="1" width="1"/>]]></content:encoded>
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